Killing, abductions, robbery in Darfur
(UPDATED) A merchant was abducted in Kass, South Darfur, on Thursday. On Saturday, a farmer was kidnapped at his farmland near Kass. Passengers of a commercial vehicle in Central Darfur were robbed on Thursday. In West Darfur, gunmen attacked the vehicle of an Omda on Tuesday. Three people were killed, and four others wounded. The spokesman for the Gimir tribe, Abakar El Tom, told Radio Dabanga from Kass town that nine militiamen in a Land Cruiser abducted trader Ahmed Mohamed Ismail on Thursday evening. “When Ismail left the mosque after his evening prayers, the government-backed gunmen seized him and took him to an unknown destination. On Friday, the kidnappers phoned one of Ismail’s relatives, demanding a ransom for the merchant’s release. They did not specify the amount.”“Farmer Osman Bashari (52) was kidnapped at his farmland in the area of Gimeiza Kamra, north of Kass town, on Saturday. He was taken to an unknown destination”, one of his relatives who witnessed the incident, told Radio Dabanga. “The two gunmen wanted to steal his motorcycle, but when they found it empty of fuel, they seized Bashari himself.” Robbery In Central Darfur, militiamen robbed the passengers of a commercial vehicle en route from Zalingei to Nierteti on Thursday. One of the victims told Radio Dabanga that Janjaweed on horses and on motorcycles attacked them on Thursday afternoon, when they were pushing the vehicle, stuck in the mud after heavy rains. “The gunmen beat and lashed us before robbing us of our money, mobile phones, and all our luggage, worth hundreds of pounds.” Omda targeted On Tuesday, three men were killed, and four injured, when gunmen fired at the vehicle of Omda Mujib El Rahman Mohamed Yagoub Rizig in the area of Farigta, about 20km from El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur State. “The attackers targeted the Omda,” a listener in Farigta told Radio Dabanga “who was not in the vehicle. Three of the Omda’s relatives died instantly, Mohamed Ahmed Adam, Abdel Latif Mohamed Adam Nurein, and Abdel Aziz Khamis Ismail. Policemen Corporal Hamza Abdallah Adam and Sergeant Abdallah Nasir Ishag, and guard El Hadi Ahmed Adam and another guard sustained injuries.” File photo
(UPDATED) A merchant was abducted in Kass, South Darfur, on Thursday. On Saturday, a farmer was kidnapped at his farmland near Kass. Passengers of a commercial vehicle in Central Darfur were robbed on Thursday. In West Darfur, gunmen attacked the vehicle of an Omda on Tuesday. Three people were killed, and four others wounded.
The spokesman for the Gimir tribe, Abakar El Tom, told Radio Dabanga from Kass town that nine militiamen in a Land Cruiser abducted trader Ahmed Mohamed Ismail on Thursday evening.
“When Ismail left the mosque after his evening prayers, the government-backed gunmen seized him and took him to an unknown destination. On Friday, the kidnappers phoned one of Ismail’s relatives, demanding a ransom for the merchant’s release. They did not specify the amount.”
“Farmer Osman Bashari (52) was kidnapped at his farmland in the area of Gimeiza Kamra, north of Kass town, on Saturday. He was taken to an unknown destination”, one of his relatives who witnessed the incident, told Radio Dabanga.
“The two gunmen wanted to steal his motorcycle, but when they found it empty of fuel, they seized Bashari himself.”
Robbery
In Central Darfur, militiamen robbed the passengers of a commercial vehicle en route from Zalingei to Nierteti on Thursday.
One of the victims told Radio Dabanga that Janjaweed on horses and on motorcycles attacked them on Thursday afternoon, when they were pushing the vehicle, stuck in the mud after heavy rains. “The gunmen beat and lashed us before robbing us of our money, mobile phones, and all our luggage, worth hundreds of pounds.”
Omda targeted
On Tuesday, three men were killed, and four injured, when gunmen fired at the vehicle of Omda Mujib El Rahman Mohamed Yagoub Rizig in the area of Farigta, about 20km from El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur State.
“The attackers targeted the Omda,” a listener in Farigta told Radio Dabanga “who was not in the vehicle. Three of the Omda’s relatives died instantly, Mohamed Ahmed Adam, Abdel Latif Mohamed Adam Nurein, and Abdel Aziz Khamis Ismail. Policemen Corporal Hamza Abdallah Adam and Sergeant Abdallah Nasir Ishag, and guard El Hadi Ahmed Adam and another guard sustained injuries.”
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